2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final Explained
The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final (officially the 2012 Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Final)[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 18 March 2012 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Republic of Ireland.[2]
Shaun Murphy was the defending champion,[3] [4] but he finished 37th on the Order of Merit,[5] [6] and didn't qualify.
Stephen Lee won his fifth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4–0 in the final. It was Lee's first ranking title for six years, and Robertson's first defeat in a televised final.[7]
Prize fund and ranking points
The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[8] [9]
| width=110px | ! | width=110px align="right" | Prize fund ! | width=110px align="right" | Ranking points |
|---|
| Winner | £70,000 | 3,000 |
| Runner-up | £35,000 | 2,400 |
| Semi-finalist | £20,000 | 1,920 |
| Quarter-finalist | £10,000 | 1,500 |
| Last 16 | £5,000 | 1,140 |
| Last 24 | £2,750 | 840 |
| Highest break | £3,000 | – |
| Total | £250,000 | – | |
Seeding list
The leading 24 players in the PTC Order of Merit qualified for the event, provided that they had played in at least 6 events (3 in the UK and 3 in Europe).[6]
| Rank | Player | Total points |
|---|
| 1 | | 30,400 |
| 2 | | 29,600 |
| 3 | | 28,100 |
| 4 | | 17,500 |
| 5 | | 17,100 |
| 6 | | 16,700 |
| 7 | | 16,700 |
| 8 | | 16,200 |
| 9 | | 15,500 |
| 10 | | 14,600 |
| 11 | | 14,300 |
| 12 | | 14,000 |
| 13 | | 13,100 |
| 14 | | 11,800 |
| 15 | | 11,600 |
| 16 | | 10,500 |
| 17 | | 9,600 |
| 18 | | 9,100 |
| 19 | | 8,000 |
| 20 | | 7,600 |
| 21 | | 7,600 |
| 22 | | 7,600 |
| 23 | | 7,300 |
| 24 | | 7,100 | |
Main draw
[10] [11] [12]
Final
Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Paul Collier.
Bailey Allen Hall, Galway, Ireland, 18 March 2012. |
Stephen Lee (14)
| 4–0 | Neil Robertson (3)
|
| 65–48, 62–25 (52), 63–25, |
| 66 | Highest break | 35 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 0 | |
Century breaks
[13]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Betfair to sponsor PTC Grand Finals. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 March 2012.
- Web site: Snooker’s elite are all cued up for Galway. Galway City Tribune. 23 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113205311/http://www.galwaynews.ie/23414-snooker%E2%80%99s-elite-are-all-cued-galway. 13 January 2012. dead.
- Web site: Shaun Murphy wins PTC Grand Final in Dublin. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 March 2011.
- News: Shaun Murphy wins inaugural Players Championship final. BBC Sport. 24 March 2011. 20 March 2011.
- Web site: PTC Order of Merit after PTC12. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131042653/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/ae/98/0,,13165~170158,00.pdf. dead. 31 January 2012.
- Web site: Order of Merit. Snooker.org. 8 January 2012. 8 January 2012.
- Web site: Lee downs Robertson to end title drought. Eurosport UK. 30 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131220162811/http://eurosport.yahoo.com/18032012/58/lee-downs-robertson-end-title-drought.html. 20 December 2013. dead.
- Web site: Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Entry Pack for Event 11 and 12. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 December 2011. https://www.webcitation.org/68yzx4QAB?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/87/92/0,,13165~168583,00.pdf. dead. 7 July 2012.
- Web site: The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2011/2012 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. DOC. 10 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509102039/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/87/7d/0,,13165~163207,00.doc. dead. 9 May 2012.
- Web site: Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 Grand Final Draw . 30 January 2012 . worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. https://www.webcitation.org/68z0G3DMY?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/e2/9a/0,,13165~170722,00.pdf. dead . 7 July 2012.
- Web site: Results. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 March 2012.
- Web site: Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012). Snooker.org. 18 March 2012.
- Web site: Century breaks. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317233915/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=2991. dead. 17 March 2012.
